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Dead Eric Gets a Virus

Twilight in the Land of Nowhen

The Feng Shui Detective

The Feng Shui Detective Goes South

The Feng Shui Detective's Casebook

Alfonso Fonso and the Tree of Good and Evil

The Shanghai Union of Industrial Mystics

The City of Dreams

Mozzle and the Giant

The Place You're Meant to

The World's Funniest

The Day It Rained Letters

The Paper Princess

May Moon

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What Kids Eat

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A Boy Named Joy

What Asians Eat

Branding For Thieves

Filipino Wordplay

Xtreme Politeness

Who Is This Guy?

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A Really Funny Q&A

Two Types of Tears

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The Boy Who Could Not Finish a

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YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP
Asian creativity is what we celebrate at this website. And our host, Nury Vittachi, has written thousands of articles on weird and wonderful Asian projects for the world's press.
   
Below are some favourite blog classics and popular columns: for a regularly updated live blog you can add stuff to yourself, go to Mr. Jam's Diary

Blog 1: Violence breaks out in India after a train leaves on time.... read more
Blog 2: Never, ever go to sleep in Japan... read more
Blog 3: Forget investment advice and pass the entrails... read more
Blog 4: The secret language of women... read more
Blog 5: Sea monsters discovered in China... read more

Columns:
What Kids Eat.... mysteries of child digestion revealed... read more
Family Issues.... a helpful Q & A for parents of young children... read more
A Boy Named Joy... the real reasons why Asians adopt Western names... read more
What Asians Eat... people here eat light bulbs, beaches etc... read more
Branding for Thieves... robbers in India are experts at branding... read more
Filipino Wordplay... retailers in the Philippines have fun with words... read more
Xtreme Politeness... The Japanese take politeness to ridiculous extremes... read more

Go to Mr. Jam's Diary.

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